Subsidies help pay for Oak Forest couple’s Obamacare plan
Subsidized health insurance has brought a measure of comfort and security to retirement for Bill Koclanis. The 63-year-old Oak Forest electrician and his wife signed up for a plan last...
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Threat to health subsidies pressures state’s decision to create exchange
A legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act and two imminent deadlines are putting pressure on Illinois to act to set up a state-based health insurance exchange or risk losing...
Obamacare rates in Illinois: Higher premiums, more options in 2015
Illinois residents who enroll in Obamacare on the whole will pay higher premiums than last year for the most popular plans, but they'll have many more options to choose from,...
Illinois prepares for 2nd round of Obamacare
Another chance to get insurance under the federal health law is coming, but Illinois officials aren't expecting people who didn't sign up last year to jump at the prospect this...
Illinois hospitals face fines over readmissions
Some of the Chicago area's most prominent research hospitals — and others that serve its poorest residents — face significant penalties from Medicare for having too many patients in recent...
Trauma counseling center proposed for South Side
A South Side pastor is planning to import techniques used to counsel war victims in Israel to help prevent post-traumatic stress among survivors of violence in Chicago. Pastor Chris Harris...
Lawsuit: Doctor didn’t inform patient of cancer
A west suburban woman is contending in court that a doctor neglected to share test results showing her father had cancer, which later killed him. Her lawsuit states that Dr....
Should video cameras be used in nursing homes?
A proposal from the Illinois attorney general's office to allow camera monitoring in nursing homes is drawing cautious support from elder care advocates, who have raised concerns about the privacy...
Who can get Obamacare between enrollment periods
Months after the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period made headlines with technical woes and a rush of last-minute sign-ups, a less-publicized push is underway to insure people whose...
Father sues Blue Cross for denying nursing care
Magazine cutouts of Michael Jackson, stylish young rockers and characters from the "Twilight" series cover the walls of Stephanie DiCara's bedroom in North Barrington, where a nurse watches closely over...